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July 18, 2017
Performance Poetry Teams Write a Legacy at Ánimo Inglewood
Since 2012, Ánimo Inglewood Charter High School has developed a steady stream of poets, planting…
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June 29, 2017
Mock Interviews Prepare Green Dot Students for Future Careers
Oscar de la Hoya Ánimo High School staff partnered with professionals and business leaders across…
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June 28, 2017
Vladovic Honors Ánimo College Preparatory Academy For Community Connection
LAUSD Board Member Dr. Richard Vladovic honors Ánimo College Preparatory Academy for their connection to…
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June 22, 2017
Kevin de Leon Meets with Charter Parents to Talk Immigration Policy
This spring, parents and students from Green Dot Public Schools’United Parents and Students, KIPP Public…
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June 21, 2017
Community Partnerships Bring Free Vision and Health Screenings to Thousands of Students
When students experience challenges with their hearing or sight, it not only affects their ability…
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June 19, 2017
City Year: Building Relationships for Positive Learning Environments
City Year worked with Locke College Preparatory Academy for the past three years to identify…
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June 13, 2017
Assembly member Gipson Honors Ánimo Watts Teacher
Assemblymember Mike Gipson honored Ánimo Watts teacher Lesley Quinteros for her commitment to her community…
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June 7, 2017
Inglewood to Stanford: a Green Dot Alumnus Makes His Way
As he walked through the ivory columns of one of California’s most distinguished academic institution,…
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June 1, 2017
How We Build Community Among Our Graduates
Last month, hundreds of students and educators gathered to celebrate our college-bound seniors’ journey into…
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May 9, 2017
Locke Students Reflect on South LA’s History and Write a New Chapter…in Their Own Book
Students at Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy are soon-to-be published authors. Locke was selected…
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May 9, 2017
Tiana Diggs: The Fulfillment of a Promise
I was a first year teacher with Green Dot, and at my very first All…
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May 3, 2017
Five Green Dot Teachers Honored as Heroes of Education
This spring Los Angeles Unified School District District 7 Board Member Dr. Richard Vladovic honored…
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April 18, 2017
California’s Gold Ribbon Awarded to Three Green Dot Schools
Ánimo Inglewood and Ánimo Leadership were awarded California's highest educational honor, a Gold Ribbon School…
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April 6, 2017
Reimagining Rigor through the Arts at Ánimo Venice
Art is more than a series of classes at Ánimo Venice, it is a program…
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March 28, 2017
USA Today: Mr. Trump, Don’t boost our budgets while cutting education
USA Today: "In the “skinny budget” that the White House released this month, President Trump…
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March 23, 2017
What August Wilson, Denzel Washington and Ánimo Leadership Students Have in Common
This semester, drama students at Ánimo Leadership Charter High School were chosen by the Center…
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March 17, 2017
Women of Color Combat Bullying in Watts
Motivated by personal experiences and hard work, Women of Color is working to make their…
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March 13, 2017
AIR Program Cultivates Compassion in School Leadership
The leaders at Ánimo Inglewood take personal responsibility for the communities in which they work.…
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March 9, 2017
Green Dot Ambassadors Connect Students to the Arts
Exposure to great arts institutions have the potential to change and inspire life trajectories -…
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March 2, 2017
STEM Students Shoot for the Moon and Build the Robots to Get There
If science is the key to our future, we’ve learned that applied learning can unlock…
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